Raezor's maturity is showing through. Don't be mistaken.... the puppy is still there, but her maturity is showing through.
Todays search problem gave her a trail to run with clues along the way. Her experience has taught her what to do with scent she finds. She has learned how to discern older scent from newer scent and and she has learned to cast for scent when she has lost it or hadn't found it yet. She does all these things automatically.
Todays search clues gave her additional fun. She found two of my shoes, my hat and my walking stick. ALL of which she gladly picked up and ran straight back to Kristi with.... exuding great joy! She is not a wild retriever of things, but I think she thought they were her individual prizes for the good job she was doing.
We are getting there. It is obvious that this game is something she loves. Just a few more days she will be 9 months old and she can start the very adult process of sign offs to show what she does indeed know.
Our little girl is growing up!
